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Attendance and alcohol use at parties and bars in college: a national survey of current drinkers.

Harford, Thomas C, Wechsler, Henry, Seibring, Mark·2002·Journal of Studies on Alcohol
DOI 10.15288/jsa.2002.63.726
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OBJECTIVE: This study examines attendance and alcohol use at parties and bars among college students by gender, residence, year in school and legal drinking age. METHOD: The study participants were respondents in the 1997 and 1999 Harvard School of Public Health College Alcohol Study (CAS). The combined sample consisted of 12,830 students (61% women) who reported use of alcohol in the past 30 days prior to interview. Their responses provided information on attendance and alcohol use at parties (dormitory, fraternity, off campus) and off-campus bars. Logistic regression analyses examined the influence of gender, residence, year in school and legal drinking age related to attendance, drinking/non-drinking and heavy drinking (5 or more drinks) at each select setting. RESULTS: Consistent with the literature, fraternity/ sorority parties were occasions of heavy drinking (49%) among drinkers in those settings, yet they drew upon smaller proportions of students (36%) when compared to off-campus parties (75%) and off-campus bars (68%). Off-campus parties (45%) and bars (37%) were also occasions for heavy drinking among drinkers in these settings. College residence was shown to relate to differential exposure to drinking settings, but residence had less impact on the decision to drink and the level of heavy drinking. Attendance at parties decreased with advance in school years, but attendance at off-campus bars increased. Although heavy drinking at off-campus bars decreased with advancing grade year in school, slightly higher proportions of under-age students (41%) compared to students of legal drinking age (35%) exhibited heavy drinking at off-campus bars. CONCLUSIONS: The identification of high-risk settings and their correlates serves to better understand the development of heavy drinking on college campuses. Off-campus parties, as compared to campus parties and bars, may pose greater difficulties related to successful intervention.

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  • Harford et al. (2002) found heavy drinking was most prevalent for men at fraternity parties, regardless of age or gender.

    “In terms of average drinks consumed per location, using longitudinal data from multiple administrations of CAS, Harford, Wechsler, and Seibring (2002) found heavy drinking (i.e., consumption of 5+ drinks in a sitting) was most prevalent for men at fraternity parties, regardless of age or gender.”

    From The Influence of Fraternity and Sorority Involvement: A Critical Analysis of Research (1996–2013) (2014) · cites this paper as Harford et al. (2002)

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Authors
Harford, T. C., Wechsler, H., & Seibring, M.
Affiliations
Boston University (US)
Venue
Journal of Studies on Alcohol
Publisher
Alcohol Research Documentation, Inc.
Published
2002-11
Volume
63
Issue
6
Pages
726-733
ISSN
  • 0096-882X (ISSN-L)
  • 1934-2683
DOI
10.15288/jsa.2002.63.726
OpenAlex
W2052667728
Cited by
122
References
25
Citations by year
2025: 2 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 6 · 2019: 6 · 2018: 8 · 2017: 6 · 2016: 10 · 2015: 4 · 2014: 7 · 2013: 4 · 2012: 6
FWCI
2.53
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Journal of Studies on Alcohol (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Health and Lifestyle Studies
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pathology and Forensic Medicine › Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects
Keywords
university students, alcohol consumption, heavy drinking, drinking age, underage drinking, gender differences, year in school
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adult, Alcohol Drinking, Data Collection, Female, Humans, Male, Sex Factors, Students, Universities, Chi-Square Distribution, Logistic Models

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